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Modified Yoga: Tips for Beginners

The key to a successful yoga practice is to not force yourself into any poses and to be able to just be in your body. Don’t compare yourself to others, and focus on your breath. The use of yoga blocks, blankets, and a strap can do wonders for your practice. *Here’s some tips on how to modify common yoga poses to feel balanced, light, and centered:

Kneeling Pose: If flexibility doesn’t allow you to sit on your ankles, place a blanket or two in between the back of the knees to create more space.

Seated Forward Bend: Start seated on a blanket with your knees bent to ease any tension in your lower back. Place your hands on yoga blocks if needed. You can also face a chair and rest your head on the seat of the chair for forward fold relaxation poses.

Wide Legged Seated Forward Bend (progression): You can rest your head on the seat of a chair or yoga block – as long as you can breathe easily into the pose.

Bent Knee Standing Forward Fold: As you bend your knees place your hands on yoga blocks. Let your chest rest on your thighs and breathe. Slowly straighten the legs as much as possible without forcing.

Lunge: Focus on keeping hips squared off, don’t let the sides of your waist shorten. Have hands on blocks or even a chair to breathe easily into the pose.

Bent Knee Downward Dog: Start with bent knees and focus on getting as much length in your spine first. Have your hands on blocks and press weight into your fingers and hands. Open your chest and let your head hang. You can slowly pump the legs to get more blood flow into those legs before attempting to plant your heels down.

Warrior 2: Focus on lower body first. Back foot at 15 degrees and front foot at 90 degrees. You should be able to see your first two toes on the inside of your front (bent knee). Have weight on the outside of the back foot.

Warrior 1: Focus on lower body first. Back foot at 45 degrees and front foot at 90 degrees. Attempt to square your hips off without forcing and open your chest towards the sky.

Triangle: Focus on lower body first. Back foot at 15 degrees and front foot at 90 degrees. Push your hip towards your back leg and have weight on the outside of the back foot. Place your hand on a chair or yoga block and keep your chest open.

Camel: Start with your hands pushing down on your glutes. Open your chest and breathe.

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Reblogged this on Natures Healing and commented:
Want to do Yoga, but don’t know how?
This blog very easily shows you how to begin, how to start doing some yoga that will assist you in centring yourself for you – not for those around you, but just for you – that’s what yoga means to me!
Enjoy your first steps into this amazing world

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